Upon hosting a successful opening for its seventh anniversary show, Nadine’s Fine Art and Frames is holding an abstract painting workshop with artist Donna Swain this coming weekend.
“Four paintings were sold out of the seventh anniversary show two days after hanging, one of which was out of a new series of abstract acrylic paintings by Donna Swain,” said gallery owner Nadine Wilson.
Swain recently won first prize for the acrylic and charcoal 36-by-36-inch painting, entitled Disclosure, which was submitted to a juried show at the Federation Gallery of Canadian Artists on Granville Island in April.
“The competition in these shows is fierce and we all congratulated her on her success,” said Wilson, adding the Federation Gallery is an ideal location for serious art lovers, local and tourists alike.
The painting was shipped back to Swain after the show and following a call from the Federation Gallery, it was sold and shipped to De Moines, Iowa the next day.
Disclosure is one of a series of works that Swain has been working on since the spring of 2011. Although expressionistic landscape has been her main passion since she moved to Sechelt on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast six years ago, she has always done abstracts in between to refresh her inspiration.
She has been painting and drawing since 1989 and has worked in every discipline: life drawing, still life, high realism, and more recently abstract.
Swain teaches workshops from beginners to advanced painters. Her most sought after are collage and mixed media and abstract expressionism for everyone.
“All her workshops are about learning the skills, however most importantly, in letting your muse allow you to paint the art by letting go,” said Wilson
Swain will be at Nadine’s Fine Art and Frames Friday, June 29 and Saturday, June 30 for her guest artist abstract workshop. Call 250-542-8544 for more details.
